High School category, Page 1132
TribHSSN boys basketball team of the week: South Allegheny
Last year, South Allegheny ended December with a 3-6 record and began 2019 with nine losses in eleven games to finish 6-15 overall and tied in the basement of Section 3-3A. What a difference a year makes. The Gladiators have nearly matched their win total from a year ago in...
Freeport girls step up on defense, surge past Highlands
Late in the first quarter of Monday’s Section 1-4A girls basketball matchup between Freeport and Highlands, the Yellowjackets and Golden Rams were tied at eight. Grace Solis then connected on back-to-back 3-pointers that sparked a 23-0 run as Freeport took control en route to a 62-34 victory at Highlands. “Highlands...
Hempfield girls basketball team raises money for Mt. Lebanon junior battling cancer
Hempfield senior basketball player Sarah Liberatore wanted to surprise two of her AAU teammates and, as an extension, help out a friend of theirs who is battling cancer. Liberatore had her teammates purchase T-shirts to raise money for Lexi Ribstein, a Mt. Lebanon junior who has been diagnosed with Hodgkins...
Missouri wrestling champion Wyatt Henson eligible for WPIAL, PIAA tournaments
Waynesburg transfer Wyatt Henson, a Missouri state wrestling champion, was ruled eligible Monday for the WPIAL and PIAA tournaments this winter. The WPIAL initially ruled Henson ineligible for the postseason under a PIAA rule that targets all transfers. But the WPIAL decided Monday that the junior qualified for a postseason...
Confidence, repertoire grow for Fox Chapel diver David ManelisVideo
David Manelis was in contention for gold at last year’s PIAA Class AAA boys diving championships at Bucknell. The Fox Chapel junior, competing at states for the second time in as many seasons after placing fourth at WPIALs, challenged for the title in all three rounds before finishing second to...
WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley retiring, board promotes Amy Scheuneman
The WPIAL will have a change in leadership this summer. WPIAL executive director Tim O’Malley is retiring June 30 after 14 years as the district’s top administrator and will be replaced by Amy Scheuneman, the associate executive director. The WPIAL board accepted O’Malley’s resignation letter Monday and voted to promote...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 16
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
North Allegheny’s Sam Sheridan commits to Patriot League football
North Allegheny’s Sam Sheridan, an all-conference defensive end, has committed to Lehigh. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound senior also listed FCS offers from Duquesne and Rhode Island. He announced his decision last week on Twitter. North Allegheny (10-2) tied for the conference title in WPIAL Class 6A behind a defense that allowed...
Seton LaSalle’s Max Schipani follows high school connections to AlbanyVideo
Seton LaSalle’s Max Schipani will play college football for a coach who knows his high school very well. The all-conference wide receiver committed Friday to Albany, which is coached by Greg Gattuso, a 1980 Seton LaSalle graduate. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound senior also listed offers from Air Force, Columbia, Cornell and...
High school scores, schedules for Dec. 15, 2019
High schools Basketball Boys Sunday’s results WPIAL The Clash at New Castle Kennedy Catholic 69, Vincentian Academy 62 Sharpsville 68, Sewickley Academy 29 Shenango 47, Farrell 40 Monday’s schedule WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 Franklin Regional at Mars, 7:30 p.m. Class A Section 3 St. Joseph at Clairton, 5:30 p.m....
TribHSSN PIHL Player of the Week for Week of Dec. 15, 2019
Matt Traczynski has become quite the two-way player for Hempfield. Last season, he was second on the team in scoring with 34 points (22 goals, 12 assists), just a point behind Jared Gerger. In 11 games this season, Traczynski already has 27 points. He has 16 goals and 11 assists....
Mt. Lebanon’s Anderson takes 3rd at national 5K final
Mt. Lebanon senior Patrick Anderson came up short in his bid for a title at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals on Saturday at San Diego’s Balboa Park. Anderson, 18, placed third in the boys 5K run in 15 minutes, 18 seconds. Josh Methner of Illinois won in...
Inaugural 2019-2020 PIAA girls basketball HSSN rankings
The top five girls basketball teams in each of the six classifications will be unveiled every week through the end of the state basketball playoffs in March. As a reminder, last season’ PIAA champions and top teams in the final HSSN state rankings were Peters Township in 6A, Chartiers Valley...
Plum, Kiski Area hockey to raise money for Brian Shaw Memorial Fund
The Plum and Kiski Area hockey teams do not play each other during the PIHL regular season as the Mustangs and Cavaliers are in different classifications. But the teams will share the ice Dec. 27 at Pittsburgh Ice Arena in Lower Burrell and help raise money for a cause near...
PIHL Team of the Week: Dec. 15, 2019
Last season, Pine-Richland won the Class AA Penguins Cup championship and a state title. This season, the Rams moved up to Class AAA, where many thought they could have succeeded last season. The Rams are doing exactly that. They’ve not played as many games as the rest of the classification...
Top 19 of ’19: Trib HSSN breaks down the top stories of the year — No. 17
The 2019 high school sports season is nearly in the books. While we anxiously look ahead to 2020, let’s reflect on the district high school sports scene over the last 12 months. Here is a look back at the top 19 stories from around the WPIAL in 2019. HSSN Top...
PIHL high school hockey standings through Dec. 15
Here are the latest PIHL hockey standings through Sunday. Exclusive coverage of the 2020 PIHL Penguins Cup hockey playoffs can be heard and viewed only here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. In Class AAA, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. In Class AA, the top two...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Team of the Week: Week ending Dec. 14
Jeff Homziak is in his 13th year as girls basketball coach at Hopewell. He has seen the best of times, such as 2012, when the Vikings won the WPIAL Class AAA championship. He also has been there for the worst of times, such as an 0-20 season four years ago....
Mars’ Monday Madness gets WPIAL basketball started this week
Gateway won the 2018 WPIAL Class 5A girls basketball championship. The Gators season ended two weeks later with a 50-38 loss to Mars in the PIAA quarterfinals. The Fightin’ Planets went on to win the state championship with a victory over Archbishop Wood. Last season as section foes, Gateway and...
WPIAL Girls Basketball Player of the Week — Week ending Dec. 14
The last three seasons have been a bit of a grind for the Plum girls basketball team. The Mustangs scratch and claw their way into the WPIAL postseason only to be eliminated in their first playoff game. Now, Plum turns to a player who asks not what the team can...
Prepping for the holidays with lots of high school hoops on HSSN
The countdown to the holidays continues with lots of hoops, some wrestling and hockey and a partridge in a pear tree this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games including the HSSN Video Stream Game of the Week....
High-scoring Norwin hockey focusing on team defense
Norwin’s hockey team is confident it can put the puck in the net. After all, the Knights offense ranked second in PIHL Class A with 60 goals through nine games. Norwin’s 29 goals against put it in the middle of the pack, but the team wants improvement. “We have the...
Quaker Valley wrestling leans on experience
Quaker Valley’s wrestling team has improved incrementally in its first three years. The Quakers hope to take their biggest step this season. After winning a section title last season and finishing fourth in the WPIAL Class AA team tournament,Quaker Valley wants to contend for a WPIAL title and reach the...
Gateway to honor hockey alumni
The tradition that is ice hockey at Gateway High School again will be celebrated as three former players will be inducted into the Gateway Hockey Alumni Honor Roll during the annual alumni winter event Dec. 26 at Center Ice Arena in Delmont. The Class of 2019 features 1995 graduate Jamie...
Gateway, Olivia Livingston set to make noise on WPIAL swim scene
The Gateway swim teams have started the new season with a new leader. After Jonathan Moore resigned in the offseason, Sherry Sonetti was named coach of the boys and girls teams this past summer. Sonetti is no stranger to the Gateway swimming program, its swimmers or the school district, having...
